Effects of using indirect language by a robot to change human attitudes

Alexander Lopez; Bryan Ccasane; Renato Paredes; Francisco Cuellar

doi:10.1145/3029798.3038310

Effects of using indirect language by a robot to change human attitudes

Alexander Lopez, Bryan Ccasane, Renato Paredes, Francisco Cuellar

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Abstract

The use of indirect language is considered useful for persuading people in human communication. The aim of this research is to determine whether this also occurs within human-robot interaction. Thus, it is hypothesized that indirect language will have greater influence in attitude changes towards a product in comparison to direct language. A seven-point semantic differential scale was employed to measure participants attitude changes towards a product advertised by a Nao Robot using either direct or indirect speech. Results showed no significant differences between the direct and indirect language experimental conditions. This may indicate that in human-robot interaction indirect language may not function similarly as it does in human communication. A larger sample size and improvements in stimuli are suggested for future works.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	HRI 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	193-194
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450348850
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3029798.3038310
State	Indexed - 6 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2017 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 6 Mar 2017 → 9 Mar 2017

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Name	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-2148

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Conference	12th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2017
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	6/03/17 → 9/03/17

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direct and indirect language
human robot interaction
persuading people

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Lopez, A., Ccasane, B., Paredes, R., & Cuellar, F. (2017). Effects of using indirect language by a robot to change human attitudes. In HRI 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 193-194). (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3029798.3038310

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Lopez, A, Ccasane, B, Paredes, R & Cuellar, F 2017, Effects of using indirect language by a robot to change human attitudes. in HRI 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 193-194, 12th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2017, Vienna, Austria, 6/03/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3029798.3038310

Effects of using indirect language by a robot to change human attitudes. / Lopez, Alexander; Ccasane, Bryan; Paredes, Renato et al.
HRI 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, 2017. p. 193-194 (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).

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